Flood: The Manual ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= = = = Typed in by Big R, Thanks to Garfield for the orginal manualposter = = = ========================================================================= 1. Loading Flood ----------------- I hope you're not a complete lamer and know how to start a game? 2. How to get started. ---------------------- After a short delay, the Flood music will start up and you will be shown a short animated sequence. After this, you will be shown the title screen. At any time after the animated sequence has started, you can press the firebutton on your joystick to bring up the zap to level window (see section 7. ZAP TO LEVEL for details on how to use this feature). Press the fire button to start the game on level 1. You will now be asked to select which language you would like to use to play Flood. Use your joystick to move the Quiffy pointer over either the British, German French or Italian Flag and press the fire button to selct that language. Lastly, you will be asked to answer a question about the poster, which is printed on the other side of this manual and type the answer using the keyboard. Press RETURN to enter the answer. You are given two opportunities to get the correct answer, after which you will have to load Flood agian in order to haven further attempts. 3. Meet Quiffy. --------------- Quiffy is a slightly overweighted wee green Blobbie who lives in secret caverns deep underground, feeding on the trash left behind by an ancient and enigmatic civilization. Unfortunately, these caverns haven been overrun with nasty creatures like the Psycho Teddies and Quiffy's distant cousins, the Bulbous Headed Vong. These unlovely creatures have waged a vicious war on Quiffy's kind and he is now in the unfortunate position of being the last surviving member of his race. Indeed, you can see the luckless participants of this genocidal war stretched throughout the interconnected caverns. If all that wasn't bad enough, the mysterious taps of wrath have suddenly ended their years of arid indifference and have started to cascade vast quantities of water into the caverns. Because Quiffy cannot breathe under water, he has decided that enough is enough and has resolved to make his way to the surface and escape the creeping doom of the flood. 4. What you have to do. ----------------------- The idea of Flood is very simple, within each level Quiffy must explore the caverns that make up that level and collect all the trash that is not nailed down. Once he has collected all the trash, then he can use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and proceed to the next level. In addition to the 36 normal levels, Quiffy must also negotiate his way through a further 6 levels that the devilish Vong have built, making 42 in all! There are two types of teleporter which outwardly look identical: the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and the IN LEVEL TELEPORTER. The END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER takes Quiffy to the next level once he has collected all the trash on the cuurent level. The IN LEVEL TELEPORTER (which can be invisble) are linked in pairs and just move you to the linked IN LEVEL TELEPORTER, which will be at a different location within the current level. 5. The Statusbar. ----------------- Oxygen: This is a blue bar that shows how much oxygen Quiffy has left. While Quiffy is underwater, his oxygen is slowly used up. One Quiffy has no oxygen remaining, he will start to lose life and eventually die. Score: Well Well, this your score. Trash: This is a count of how much trash Quiffy has to collect before he can use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and get to the next level. Some monsters are real litter louts, throwing trash all over the place, increasing the amount of stuff that Quiffy will have to clear up, while others are more considerate and will eat any spare trash the see lying around. Life Force: This brown bar shows how healthy Quiffy is. Once it has all been used up, Quiify will slag down into a gooey mess and auto-inter himself. 6. Other Objects. ----------------- Barrels : Stops Creatures roaming too far. Stout : It's good for you! Give you an extra life. Cocktail : Be invincble for a short time. Orange Can : Creatures disappear but you are butterfingered. Plunger : Pauses the flood temporarily. Hearts : Increase your life force and your score Mines : Boom! You lose some life force. Switch : Discover hidden objects and secret passages. Droplet : Speed up the flood. Balloons : Jump on these for a slow ride up, but mind you don't burts them. Parachute : Jump on it for a slow ride down. Push the joystick up to slow your descent even further. 7. Zap to level. ---------------- While playing a level, if youy see a ?, just walk Quiffy over it to get the password to that level. Not all of the levels have passwords and some ?'s will be hidden. At the start of the game, a box comes up, prompting you for a four letter password. If you found a password to a specific level while playing an earlier game, then type in the password and press RETURN. When you press RETURN, the level number corresponding to that password will be displayed and once you press the fire button on the joystick, you will start the game at that level. 8. The hardware. ---------------- There is a variety of life threating hardware scattered throughout the caverns, presumably left over from the somewhat unpleasant war waged upon Quiffy's kind. Due to the unfriendly disposition of the other denizens of the caverns towards Quiffy, it's usually advisable to grab the first dangerous looking piece of kit that comes to hand and blast anything that comes near! Known dangerous hardware includes: Huge Flamethrowers, Grenades, Boomerangs, Shuriken, and delayed action Dynamite. Remember, it doesn't always pay to shoot first! 9. Keyboard Commands. --------------------- P Pause, press fire the continue. R Restart the level and lose a life. ESC Quit 10. The Cast. ------------- Note from Big R: In the manual there are pictures of each figure which I can't reproduce here, so you only get the description. Quiffy: The hungry hero. Being a bit on the rotund side, he finds it quite hard to swim but, thanks to his strong legs, if he is standingon the ground when in deep water, he can leap clear of the surface. Quiffy can climb walls, leap long distances and can even hang upside-down. The Ghost: After Quiffy has been on a level for a short while, the Ghost of his Chasting aunt will enter that level and chase after him. The Ghost follows the exact route that Quiffy took and travels slightly faster than him if the Ghost touches Quiffy, then it will drain Quiffy's life force, quickly killing him. Therefore you must complete a level as fast as you can before you are caught up. Bulbous Headed Vong: Distant cousin of Quiffy, these highly venomous and untidy creatures will kill Quiffy upon contact. They also have an insatiable urge to throw trash everywhere, which will increase the amount of trash that Quiffy has to pick up within a level before he has use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER. Psycho Teddy: These teddies are mad, dangerous, hungry and they love to leap! If there's an object in their way they'll eat it thereby reducing the amount of trash that QUiffy has to pickup within a level before he can use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER. Sparkling Fungi: Though quite rare, the are not fun guys to meet! They don't move (not very exciting are they) but if Quiffy touches one, then it will instantly drain all his life force away. Beady Ball: Born at high velocity, the beady balls ricochet uncontrollably off anything that they come into contact with. Lumpy Wanderer: These horrible orange things with their wet rotating eyes like to float around, following the walls and ceilings in search of prey. Vacuous Gombo: These mindless mutants have a staggeringly low intelligence and get great fun from just pacing up and down wearing notheing but a stupid grin and oversized stomping boots. Space Hopper: Quiffy can hitch a ride on this cheery bouncy chap. Hold the joystick up to leap higher and higher then press fire to dismount. Plonkin Donkins: Seldom seen because they usually at home fast asleep. Once awaken, their bleary-eyed leaping about mainly just gets in the way. Snails: Although they are slow and quite pretty, Quiffy should be very carful not to touch these ghasly gastropods. Doctor Dusty: They love to throw sticks of dynamite around and because they wear large hard hats, they just don't care. That's all Folks!! A last note from Big R: I got from Garfield the first four passwords, they will get you up to level 22. They are: Trap, Vine, Jing, and Reed. Goodbye, and have a lot of fun with this game! ...FLOOD MANUAL... ...Typed by BamBam of ORACLE... 1) Meet Quiffy Quiffy is a slightly overweight wee green Blobble who lives in secret caverns deep underground, feeding on the trash left behind by an ancient and enigmatic civilization. Unfortunately, these caverns have been overrun with nasty creatures like Psycho Teddies and Quiffy's distant cousins, the Bulbous Headed Vong. These unlovely creatures haved waged a vicious war on Quiffy's kind and he is now in the unfortunate position of being the last surviving member of his race. Indeed, you can see the luckless participants of this genocidal war stretched throughout the interconnected cavens. If all that wasn't bad enoug, the mysterious taps of wrath have suddenly ended their years of arid indifference and have started to cascade vast quantities of water into the caverns. Because Quiffy cannot breathe under water, he has decided that enough is enough and he resolved to make his way to surface and escape the creeping doom of the Food. 2) What do you have to do? The idea of FLOOD is very simple, within each level Quiffy must explore the caverns that make up that level and collect all the trash that is not nailed down. Once he has collected all the trash, then he can use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and proceed to the next level. In addition to the 36 normal levels, Quiffy must also negotiate his way through a further 6 levels that devilish Vong have built, making 42 in all! There are two types of teleporter which outwardly look identical: THE END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and the IN LEVEL TELEPORTERS, The END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER takes Quiffy to the next level once he's picked up all of the trash on the current level. The IN LEVEL TELEPORTERS (which can be invisible) are linked in pairs and just move you to the linked IN LEVEL TELEPORTER, which will be at a different location within the current level. 3) The Status Bar OXYGEN - This is a blue bar that shows how much oxygen Quiffy has left, While Quiffy is underwater, his oxygenis slowly used up. Once Quiffy has no oxygen remaining, he will start to lose life force and eventually die. SCORE - Well well, this is your score!! TRASH - This is a count of how much trash Quiffy has to collect before he can use the END OF LEVEL TELEPORTER and get to the next level. Some monsters are real litter louts, throwing trash all over the place, increasing the amount of stuff that Quiffy will have to clear up, while others are more considerate and will eat any spare trash they see lying around. LIFE FORCE - This brown bar shows how healthy Quiffy is. Once it has all been used up, Quiffy will slag down into a gooey mess and auto-inter himself. 4) Other objects Barrels Stops creatures roaming too far. Stout It's good for you! Gives you an extra life. Cocktail Be invincible for a short time. Orange can Creatures disappear but you are butterfingered. Plunger Pauses the flood temporarily. Hearts Increase your life force and your score. Mines Boom! Lose some life force. Switch Discover hidden objects and secret passages Droplet Speed up the flood. Balloons Jump on these for a slow ride up, but mind you don't burst them. Parachute Jump on it for a slow ride down. Push the joystick up to slow your decent even further. 5) Zap to level While playing a level, if you see a ?, then just walk Quiffy over it to get the password to that level. Not all of the levels have passwords and some ?'s will be hidden! At the start of the game, a box comes up, prompting you for a four letter password. If you have found a password to a specific level while playing an earlier game, then type in the password and press RETURN. When you press RETURN, the level number corresponding to that password will be displayed and once you press the fire butten on your joystick you will start the game at that level. 6) The Hardware There is a variety of life threatening hardware scattered throughout the caverns, presumably left over from the somewhat unpleasant war waged upon Quiffy's kind. Due to the unfriendly disposition of the other denizens of the caverns towards Quiffy, it's usually advisable to grab the first danger- ous looking piece of kit that comes to hand and blast anything that comes near! Known dangerous hardware includes: Huge Flamethrowers, Grenades, Boomerangs, Shuriken and delayed action Dynamite. Remember, it doesn't always pay to shoot first! 7) Keyboard commands P Pause (Press fire on your joystick to continue) R Restart the level and lose a life. ESC Quit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure to call these awesome ORACLE hq's!!! The Jungle 'ORACLE WHQ USA' at: 708-983-5764 U.S.A. DOWN TOWN 'ORACLE HQ EUROPE' at:+31 575029313 HOLLAND Games Mania 'ORACLE HQ ITALY' at:+39 248842811 ITALY Red & Black 'ORACLE HQ ITALY' at:+39 59651693 ITALY DULCET TONES 'ORACLE HQ UK' at:+44 382739192 ENGLAND Flood ~~~~~~~ All the level passsword!!! Extracted by Big R Software -------------------------------------------------------- 01 frog 11 frak 21 hate 31 joux 02 year 12 vine 22 reed 32 pink 03 quif 13 jump 23 lime 33 gogo 04 long 14 nill 24 quid 34 lets 05 word 15 four 25 wing 35 quad 06 fred 16 grit 26 flee 36 bril 07 wine 17 zing 27 giga 37 eggs 08 grip 18 jing 28 head 38 hens 09 trap 19 lido 29 loop 39 nail 10 thud 20 pool 30 sing 40 soap 41 foam 42 meek Thanks to Garfield for the first passwords!!